Author Archive: Heather Denise
Confederation Park Fountain Restoration Work Begins
Fencing will go up today around one of Kingston’s most photographed landmarks – the Confederation Arch – better known as the Confederation Park Fountain. The fencing preempts the restoration of the Confederation Park Fountain that will get started next week. “Crews will be repairing damaged concrete, cleaning and resurfacing the basin, recoating the rusty pipes [...]
Meet the People Making Kingston Work at Public Works Open House
Attend a seminar on permit requirements for decks and pool and other summer projects Check out the view from the driver’s seat of a snow plow, street sweeper or Kingston Transit bus during the Public Works Open House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 25 at the Public Works yard at Railway and Division [...]
Kingston Victoria Day Closures, Schedules and Mayor’s Message
The Victoria Day holiday, Monday, May 20, will create some schedule changes to municipal services. Residents are reminded they may put out two untagged bags of garbage for collection during the week following Victoria Day. – Kingston Transit: All buses will run on a Sunday schedule on Monday. Plan your bus trip using the Trip [...]
Local Cafeterias Recognized for Healthier Food Choices and Safety
Twenty workplaces in the KFL&A area are being recognized by KFL&A Public Health
Queen’s University Partnership Will Help Disabled Youth in Bangladesh
Children and youth with disabilities in Bangladesh will have better access to education, health, employment, and community activities thanks to a partnership between the Harper Government and Queen’s University. Today, Gord Brown, Member of Parliament for Leeds–Grenville, on behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, announced support for the Access to Health and [...]
First KFL&A Food Policy Council Seeks Members
KFL&A Public Health along with a number of local agencies who have formed the KFL&A Healthy Eating Working Group is seeking members for the first Food Policy Council for the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington area. “Creating a Food Policy Council for our region will be instrumental in working towards the KFL&A Food Charter’s [...]
2013 Crystal Ball Gala Student Musicians & Visual Artists Announced
The Limestone Learning Foundation is honoured to have an amazing array of talented and critically acclaimed artists perform during the Crystal Ball Gala October 19, 2013 at the Rogers K-Rock Centre. This year’s black-tie fundraiser offers both talented student musicians and student visual artists the opportunity of a lifetime to create with, and be mentored [...]
Mega School at Expanded LCVI Now on the Table
A ring road built around an expanded Loyalist Collegiate to accommodate up to 2,000 students bused from across the city after the closure of both KCVI and QECVI is the latest idea being discussed by the Limestone District School Board. The one-school proposal would involve building an extensive addition on to LCVI, making it the [...]
City to Present 10-year Plan Addressing Homelessness in Kingston
At an upcoming Information Sessions, OrgCode Consulting will present the 10-year plan it prepared on behalf of the City to address homelessness in Kingston and the County of Frontenac. The City staff hired OrgCode as its consultant to develop the Homelessness Plan based on a series of public and service-provider consultations starting in 2012. “The [...]
Queen’s Alumnus Receives 2013 Champion of Mental Health Award
Eric Windeler (Com’82), founder of The Jack Project, has been named the recipient of the 2013 Champion of Mental Health Award in the “community individual” category by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH). “This national award is a fitting recognition of the leadership that Mr. Windeler and The Jack Project have [...]
